Startups rely on a lot of infrastructure that society provides. Things like supply chains, energy grids, financial systems, and defense. When the infrastructur

Startups rely on a lot of infrastructure that society provides. Things like supply chains, energy grids, financial systems, and defense. When the infrastructure we rely on functions well, our community can be ignorant to the fact that we are reliant on this infrastructure. This past week we saw a breakdown in one of our critical inputs. As a result, you are now hearing stories from people that helped work to fix the problem at a layer in the stack we don't usually think about. Think about this more as a glimpse into a technical domain that has always been there, but you are generally able to be gleefully ignorant about. It's interesting!